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Precedent for activities allowed inside protected areas

>> Supreme Court (SC) permitted Power Grid Corporation of India to lay a transmission line in Rajaji National Park, Uttaranchal. The order passed on October 29, 2002, allowed felling of 14,739 trees as against 66,427 trees approved by the Union ministry of environment and forests
>> SC accepted recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee on July 14, 2003, to allow construction of a reservoir in Shettihalli Sanctuary in Karnataka after a payment of Rs 15 crore to the forest department
>> In January 2004, SC allowed Essar Oil Ltd, Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd, and Gujarat Bositra Port Co Ltd to lay pipelines to pump crude oil from a single buoy mooring in the gulf across the Marine National Park and Sanctuary
>> SC recently approved the Rs 1,075-crore joint project of Himachal Pradesh and Delhi for the Renuka project, aimed at augmenting the latter's water capacity.Clearance would submerge 49 hectares of Renuka wildlife sanctuary
>> Andhra Pradesh's State Board for Wildlife met on January 9, 2006, chaired by the chief minister, and recommended the Polavaram dam project for clearance
>> Part of the Panna Tiger Reserve will be submerged in the proposed Ken-Betwa river link
>> A 2.88-km-long water tunnel permitted in Pench National Park, Maharashtra, to ensure water through Sagara Nalla to villages around the park
>> National highway in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, cleared
>> Blasting permission granted in Borivali National Park for laying down a water pipeline

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